2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
3/13/2022 | 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM | “But…what about me?”: Addressing the Needs of Siblings of Children who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or Deaf Plus | Room 3
“But…what about me?”: Addressing the Needs of Siblings of Children who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or Deaf Plus
This instructional session will involve a parent panel, a mini-presentation, and an interactive activity: 1) parent experts will share about the challenges, insights, lessons learned, and successes they have experienced as they navigated parenting both children who are DHH or Deaf Plus AND their siblings; 2) a psychologist will contextualize the information shared by parents about siblings through a mini-presentation on family systems theory and its implications for caregivers and professionals; and 3) participants will work in small groups to generate some ‘action steps’ to address the needs of siblings, either in their role as family members or professionals. For professionals and families in early intervention systems, the topic of siblings in family-centered care is an important one that deserves thoughtful consideration. As family members, how can we ensure that the identity, needs and complex relationships of siblings are acknowledged, understood, and addressed? As professionals, how can we help families to meet the needs of all of their children, including the siblings of the children who are DHH or Deaf Plus? This session explores these issues and offers participants applicable strategies to address sibling’s needs.
- 1. Participants will be able to identify at least 2 common experiences of siblings of children who are DHH or Deaf Plus
- 2. Participants will be able to describe, in their own words or signs, 1-2 ideas about how family systems theory can help parents and professionals alike to contextualize the behaviors, feelings, worries, or ideas exhibited by siblings of children who are DHH or Deaf Plus
- 3. Participants will be able to generate a minimum of 2 ‘action steps’ that they could take to address the needs of the siblings in their own family (parents/caregivers) or the families they support (professionals)
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Presenters/Authors
Amy Szarkowski
(Primary Presenter), Children's Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf, amyszarkowski@cccbsd.org;
Amy Szarkowski, PhD, is the Director of The Institute at the Children's Center for Communication/ Beverly School for the Deaf (CCCBSD), and faculty for LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities), at Boston Children's Hospital. She is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Salary for Employment from CCCBSD.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with Children's Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf and University of Massachusetts Boston.
Nature: Employment.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.